Dent Blanche
The Dent Blanche is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 4,357 m -high, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Cornier and Pointe de Zinal.
Grand Cornier
Peak
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
The Grand Cornier is a 3,962 m mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies 2 km north from the Dent Blanche. The first ascent of the mountain was made via the east ridge by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and F.
Pointe de Zinal
Peak
Photo: Cactus26, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pointe de Zinal is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Zinal in the canton of Valais. It is situated east of the Dent Blanche, between the valleys of Zinal and Zmutt.
Dent Blanche Hut
Mountain hut
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The Dent Blanche Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south of Les Haudères in the canton of Valais. The hut lies at a height of 3,507 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Dent Blanche in the Pennine Alps.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zmutt and Les Haudères.
Zmutt
Hamlet
Photo: DrTW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zmutt is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais. Zmutt is situated 9 km east of Dent Blanche.
Les Haudères
Village
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Les Haudères is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. The village is situated in the central part of the canton, in the Val d'Hérens, south of Sion. Les Haudères is situated 10 km northwest of Dent Blanche.
Zum See
Hamlet
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Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn. Zum See is situated 10 km east of Dent Blanche.
Dent Blanche
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,357 metres
- Description: mountain in the Pennine Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Anniviers, Sierre District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.03418° or 46° 2′ 3″ northLongitude
7.61193° or 7° 36′ 43″ eastElevation
4,357 metres (14,295 feet)Open location code
8FR92JM6+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1436639948OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dent Blanche” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دان بلانش”
- Arabic: “دينت بلانش”
- Azerbaijani: “Dan-Blanş”
- Basque: “Dent Blanche”
- Catalan: “Dent Blanche”
- Cebuano: “Dent Blanche”
- Chinese: “布朗什峰”
- Czech: “Dent Blanche”
- Dutch: “Dent Blanche”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دينت بلانش”
- Esperanto: “Dent Blanche”
- Estonian: “Dent Blanche”
- Finnish: “Dent Blanche”
- French: “dent Blanche”
- French: “Dent Blanche”
- Georgian: “დან-ბლანში”
- German: “Dent Blanche”
- Hebrew: “דאן בלאנש”
- Italian: “Dent Blanche”
- Japanese: “ダン・ブランシュ”
- Korean: “당블랑쉬”
- Ladin: “Dent Blanche”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dent Blanche”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dent Blanche”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dent Blanche”
- Persian: “دان بلانش”
- Polish: “Dent Blanche”
- Portuguese: “Dent Blanche”
- Portuguese: “Dente Branco”
- Russian: “Дан-Бланш”
- Spanish: “Dent Blanche”
- Swahili: “Dent Blanche”
- Swedish: “Dent Blanche”
- Tagalog: “Dent Blanche”
- Venetian: “Dent Blanche”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈینٹ بلانچے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grand Gendarme and Col de la Dent Blanche.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dent Blanche”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.